The Cape May Lighthouse standing as a sentinel for Delaware Bay entrance.

Mermaid sculpture at Mad Batter restaurant on Cape May.

Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach.

Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach.

Rocks, surf, fog, seaweed, and fog-enshrouded headland at Ecola State Park.

Rocks, surf, fog, seaweed, and fog-enshrouded headland at Ecola State Park.

Rocks, surf, fog, seaweed, and tide pools at Ecola State Park.

Rocks, surf, fog, seaweed, and tide pools at Ecola State Park.

A lonely picnic table covered by mist and fog at Ecola State Park.

A lonely picnic table covered by mist and fog at Ecola State Park.

A lonely picnic table covered by mist and fog at Ecola State Park.

A cool day at a northern Oregon beach.

Seagulls, surf, and impervious to cold water humans on a northern Oregon beach.

A cool day at a northern Oregon beach.

A cool day at a northern Oregon beach.

Looking over the dune line to a northern Oregon beach on a cool July day.

Driftwood, cobbles, surfers (crummy surf) and a beautiful headland at Seaside.

Cobbles, surf, and apartment buildings at Seaside.

Downtown Portland.

Even statues get cold. Friendly statue relaxing along the Willamette River.

Willamette River stern-wheeler.

Some of the many bridges of the Portland area.

Astoria-Megler Bridge stretching from Astoria, Oregon, to Point Ellice, Washington. It stretches 4.1 miles and its center span is 1,232 feet in length, the longest "contuous truss" in the world.

View of Manzanita

View of Manzanita

Headland along the northern Oregon coast.

Northern Oregon coast highway.

Looking south to Haystack Rock.

Looking south to Haystack Rock.

Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach.

Looking south from the Tillamook Head area.

Tillamook Head from the south.

Rocks and surf along the northern Oregon coast.

Rocks and surf along the northern Oregon coast.

Northern Oregon coast. Rocks, driftwood and cobble beach.

A view along the Kodiak Island coast on the north end.

Puffin rookery in Icon Bay

Puffin rookery in Icon Bay. Nereocystis luetkeana kelp floats apparent on surface.

The Russian Orthodox Church on Spruce Island

The Russian Orthodox Church on Spruce Island

Salmon berries

Swamp iris

A creek leading into the forest on Spruce Island

Ferns, moss, and bark in the forest on Spruce Island

Moss covering tree limbs in the rain forest environment of Spruce Island

Moss covering part of tree in the rain forest environment of Spruce Island

Devil's club on forest floor, large spruce, and moss in rain forest environment of Spruce Island

Devil's club on forest floor, large spruce, and moss in rain forest environment of Spruce Island

Fog shrouded islets off Kodiak Island

Fog shrouded islets off Kodiak Island